RFC: Backport upstream patch to fix Bug 394

[jon.vanalten at redhat.com]

----- "Dr Andrew John Hughes" <ahughes at redhat.com> wrote:

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> 
> I think it would be good to get this into 1.9.  Just a couple of
> niggles:
> 
> * Can you include the exact changeset for the patch?  The version
> here
> seems to be missing the header generated by hg import.  Did it not
> apply cleanly?
> * Please update NEWS too; I spent far too much time updating it for
> these last few releases, so let's try and do it as we go along this
> time!
> 
> The bug should also be set to fixed with a target version of 1.9 and
> a
> link to the changeset.

Done, done, and done.  Thanks for taking a look.  Committed as:

http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea6/rev/ab52bc9e9ed3

cheers,

jon